The legendary Manchester United striker had the magic touch as new signings Wilfried Zaha and Kenwyne Jones proved crucial on their debuts.

After Robert Snodgrass’ fifth-minute opener, sub Zaha laid on the inch-perfect pass for Craig Bellamy to level matters in the 49th minute at the Cardiff City Stadium – in doing so scoring for a record SEVENTH different Premier League club.

Smiling boss Solskjaer said: “He won’t get it for an eighth. He’s going to stay here until he packs it in.”

And ex-Stoke striker Jones bagged the winner less than two minutes later to lift the Welsh club off the bottom of the table.

Facing a Norwich side with just one win – against Hull – from their previous eight matches, this was a vital game for the Bluebirds.

With West Ham and Sunderland winning in their early kick-offs, the pressure was ramped up on the Welsh outfit.

Solskjaer’s men made the worst possible start as Snodgrass side-footed home at the far post from Martin Olsson’s left-wing cross.

He may have been a quiet and unassuming man on the pitch as a player but Solskjaer showed his ruthless streak as a manager by replacing Peter Whittingham for new-boy Wilfried Zaha in just the 38th minute.

And the change reversed the tide of this match.

Bellamy and Solskjaer embrace after the Welshman's winner did it for Cardiff [PA]

Zaha collected the ball 25 yards out and picked out the run of Bellamy, whose shot went under the dive of John Ruddy and trickled over the line.

The Cardiff boss added: “Sometimes you just have to make decisions and do what you think is right. I felt it was right to bring Wilf on, it lifted the crowd and the players. We needed a lift. It could have been anyone I took off. I didn’t have too many doubts.”

“I am wondering how we got nothing out of the game”

Chris Hughton

Then Jones hooked home at the second attempt for his first Premier League goal since December 2012.

But Norwich came roaring back and David Marshall rescued Cardiff with ten minutes remaining, producing a superb reflex save to deny substitute Nathan Redmond before Bellamy cleared off the line from Gary Hooper’s header.

And Snodgrass still had time to thump a header against the woodwork.

Canaries boss Chris Hughton said: “I am wondering how we got nothing out of the game.

“We hit the woodwork a couple of times and had a couple of goals disallowed.

“I cannot fault the desire and effort of the players to get the goals.”

Solskjaer said: “I wasn’t nervous but you almost expect them to score because they had the momentum.

“I was sat there watching West Ham versus Cardiff and I saw the Sunderland result so that made it even more important for us to get three points.”